Today's Craft Rock Friday is a tribute to the False Creek Whale (who even has his own Twitter account, btw!). Neko Case's song, "People Got A Lotta Nerve" features these great lyrics about a whale:

We know, they call them 'killer whales'But you seem surprisedWhen it pinned you down to the bottom of the tankWhere you can't turn aroundIt took half your leg, and both your lungsAnd I craved I ate hearts of sharksI know you know, that I'm a man, man, manMan, man, man eaterBut still you're surprised-prised-prised when I eat yaYes, I'm a man, man, manMan, man, man eaterBut still you're surprised-prised-prised when I eat ya

The video also starts out with some crafty goodness: girls knitting (though in a somewhat dubious looking cave). The artwork and illustration are by brother/sister team Paul and Julie Morstad. Julie Morstad also did the illustration on Neko's album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.

Another video that combines both whales and craftyness (and what a fine combo it is!) is the one for Modest Mouse's "Whale Song". I love that multi-pencil drawing device at the beginning of the video!

You said you hate the soundOf the busses on the groundYou said you hate the way they scrape their brakes all over townSaid pretend it's whalesKeeping their voices downSuch were the grounds for divorce I know